The RBGE Herbarium: Exploring Gesneriaceae, the African violet family has allowed volunteers to be part of opening up global biodiversity research possibilities by releasing the data held in 300 years of plant specimens. The project was led by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
This page provides access to the document images for The RBGE Herbarium and to the data transcribed by project volunteers. We are hugely grateful to everyone who contributed.
Information on reuse
These images are licensed according to the CC BY 4.0 licence. This licence allows people to freely use images as long as they give appropriate credit and indicate if any changes have been made.
The data transcribed by volunteers is licensed according to the CC0 licence. This licence means there are no copyright restrictions on this data and it can be freely reused.
Citation information
Any use of the images or data from The RBGE Herbarium should credit 'Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh' as the source.